New pipelines are to push fracked methane to export for profit, as fossil fuel industry analysts spell out, specifically describing a path from fracking through Williams’ Atlantic Sunrise and Transco pipelines and Spectra and NextEra’s Sabal Trail pipeline, and then naming Cove Point LNG export.

To find a market for both Marcellus and Utica gas production,
existing pipelines are finding
creative ways to move growing sources
of gas, while new pipelines are proposed to take larger quantities
of gas from large interstate pipelines such as the TRANSCO line.
Williams’ new “Atlantic Sunrise” pipeline will connect
Marcellus and Utica gas from its TRANSCO line. Sabal Trail LLC, a JV
of Spectra and NextEra Energy have proposed to build the
“Sabal Trail” pipeline, which would connect with
TRANSCO. With the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s recent
approval of the Cove Point LNG plant, it is not farfetched to
imagine India or Japan producing electricity from Utica gas by the
end of the decade.

225 years after the French Revolution began with the storming of the Bastille
on 14 July 1789, an activist dressed as the Statue of Liberty,
a French gift to the United States, was one of 24 arrested
in front of FERC, protesting fracking, pipelines, and LNG export.

Twenty-four anti-fracking activists were arrested Monday morning in Washington D.C. in protest of proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals in the U.S., according to environmental groups tweeting from the scene.

Opposition to fracking, pipelines, and LNG export is nationwide and growing.
One week ago, activists from Maryland, DC, and Virginia
marched on Washington to demand an end to plans for
exporting fracked methane from Maryland.

Wow. On Sunday, the heat scorching the streets of DC was palpable. But, even more so, was the passion and power of our movement. THANKS to everyone who turned out to say NO to fracking, NO to gas exports at Cove Point, NO to runaway climate change, and YES to real clean energy solutions.

We know the gas industry is all about division — blasting apart the rock beneath our earth, running pipelines through our towns, and further disrupting our fragile climate — now to ship the gas overseas for higher profit.

A fossil fuel needle desperately trying to get another fix hit an artery
and leaked oily mud and methane into a creek near Beverly, Ohio,
forcing evacuation of people nearby.
Once again, state agencies had to deal with a problem caused
by a private company.
This collateral damage drew in yet another fracking opponent,
this time one founded by an opponent of the first Superfund.

If it’s so safe, why is it so hard to find out how safe it is?
And why did injecting toxic chemicals into ground water ever get approved?
Since methane leaks out of pipelines and compressor stations, as well as wells,
it’s time to stop fracking and pipelines and get on with solar and wind power.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — In at least four states that have nurtured
the nation’s energy boom, hundreds of complaints have been made
about well-water contamination from oil or gas drilling, and
pollution was confirmed in a number of them, according to a review
that casts doubt on industry suggestions that such problems rarely
happen.

Radio Disney finally backed down from its pro-fracking school tour
this week after a petition on CREDO Mobilize reached its goal of
75,000 signatures calling on Disney to cease its public support of
the fracking industry. Pressure on Disney also came from groups like
the
Sierra Club, which called on its supporters to create mash-ups
of Disney movies with oil and gas jargon.